Software Test Engineer – IoT & API Quality

Gallagher Group Limited; City of Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Gallagher Group Limited’s eShepherd team is seeking a Software Test Engineer to ensure the quality and reliability of the IoT/AI-powered livestock platform.

You’ll design, execute and maintain test plans across backend services, APIs, frontend interfaces and device features, collaborating with software engineers, product, UX/UI, data and DevOps to validate new functionality and support high-quality releases.

Qualifications

• Experience in software testing across web, API and device-based features.
• Experience with functional, regression, integration and end-to-end testing.
• Exposure to test automation tools such as Cypress or JUnit.
• Programming or scripting in JavaScript, Java, or Python.
• Experience with APIs and CI/CD environments.

Responsibilities

• Designing and executing test plans across web, API and device-based features
• Performing functional, regression, integration and end-to-end testing
• Developing and maintaining automated test scripts and supporting CI/CD testing practices
• Identifying, documenting and validating defects to support high-quality releases
• Collaborating with Product, Engineering and DevOps teams to improve quality across the platform
• Using monitoring and observability tools to investigate system behaviour and troubleshoot issues
• Contributing to continuous improvement of testing tools, processes and automation

Skills

Test design

Functional testing

Regression testing

End-to-end testing

Automation tooling

APIs

CI/CD

JavaScript

Java

Python

Analytical thinking

Communication

Tools

Cypress

JUnit

Job description

Gallagher Group Limited’s eShepherd team is seeking a Software Test Engineer to ensure the quality and reliability of the IoT/AI-powered livestock platform.

You’ll design, execute and maintain test plans across backend services, APIs, frontend interfaces and device features, collaborating with software engineers, product, UX/UI, data and DevOps to validate new functionality and support high-quality releases.